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Cassell's dictionary of cookery

1892

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Presented as published in 1892. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
If, however, it is not quite clear and bright, dissolve it over a gentle fire, and when it is melted, without being hot, mix with it the white of an egg which has been well whisked, with, half a tea-cupful of water, and add the crushed shell of the egg, a dessert- spoonful of tarragon vinegar, and a glassful of sherry. Put the pan on the fire, and stir it briskly until it begins to boil; then draw it to the side, put on the cover, and let it simmer, without being touched, for a quarter of an hour. ; Strain it again through a jelly-bag, and when cold it is ready for use. The bones, necks, and heads of fowls, or the shank-bones of a leg of mutton, if boiled down carefully with an ox-heel or a calf's foot, will make good meat jeUy. Probable cost, 2s. 8d. Suflicient for three pints of jelly. Pies, Meat, Jelly for (Economical and quickly made). — Put an ounce of gelatine into a cup with as much cold water as will cover it, and let it soak for half an hour. Put a pint and a half of good stock, quite free from fat, into a stewpan with a sprig of thyme, a bay- leaf, five or six shallots, half a blade of mace, six cloves, an onion, and a little pepperEconomical Meat Jelly and salt. Bring the gravy gently to the boil ; then drain the gelatine, stir it in, and continue stirring until it is dissolved. Let the gravy cool ; mix with it the whites and crushed shells of two eggs which have been beaten up with a cupful of cold water. Stir them into the stock, whisk all together until the liquid is on the point of boil- ing, then draw the s;iuceiian to the side of the fire, and let the contents simmer gently for ten minutes. Pass the gravy through a jelly-bag, and it will be fit for use. If the stock is already nicely flavoured, the flavouring in- gredients need not be added. A dessert-spoon- ful of tarragon vinegar and half a glassful of sherry may be stiiTed in. with the whites of the eggs, if approved. The jelly will become stiff more quickly if it is poured out on a large dish. Time, ®ne hour to make. Probable cost, exclusive of stock. Is. Sufficient for a quart of jelly- Pies, Paste for {^^ce Paste for Common Pies, Paste for liaised Pies, &c.). Pig Harslet («■<■ Harslet, Pig's). Pig, Roast, Forcemeat for {see Force- meat for Roast Pig). Pig, Sectional Diagram of Bacon {see the illustration accompanying the article Bacon, To Cut up a Pig for) . Pig, Sucking. — Sucking-pigs are in season all the year round, though they are to be preferred in cold weather, and are at their SUCKING PIG. best from the middle of November to the end of December. To be eaten in perfection they should not be more than three weeks old, and should be cooked as soon as possible after they are killed, as they deteriorate in quality every hour that they are kept. Sucking-pig is fattened with milk and whev, with the PIG ( 551 ) PIG addition of baiiey-meal. Some consider the flesh a great delicacy ; others, however, hold it to be too luscious. It is very nouiishing, but not so digestible as might bo supposed. The price of a sucking-pig varies cousider- itbly with the season and the demand; thej' may be had sometimes for 5s. or 6s., at others 20s. or 25s. may be asked for them. The average cost is from 6s. to 9s. Sucking Pig, en Blanquette